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W.E.B. Du Bois›The Souls of Black Folk›Full Text›Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of 16

VI — Of the Training of Black Men

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Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Were’t not a Shame—were’t not a Shame for him In this clay carcase crippled to abide?

OMAR KHAYYÁM (FITZGERALD).

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The Souls of Black Folk

AuthorW.E.B. Du Bois

Published1903

BranchesPolitical Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Ethics

Chapters16

Pages169

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Chapters

The Forethought

I — Of Our Spiritual Strivings

II — Of the Dawn of Freedom

III — Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others

IV — Of the Meaning of Progress

V — Of the Wings of Atalanta

VI — Of the Training of Black Men

VII — Of the Black Belt

VIII — Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece

IX — Of the Sons of Master and Man

X — Of the Faith of the Fathers

XI — Of the Passing of the First-Born

XII — Of Alexander Crummell

XIII — Of the Coming of John

XIV — Of the Sorrow Songs

The Afterthought